A few months back, Phonte of Little Brother vented about Drake’s reluctance to collaborate. In an interview with The Village Voice, Drizzy explains the delay and apologizes to Phonte for giving him the cold shoulder. You’ve talked a lot about your admiration for Phonte. How come another collaboration with him still hasn’t happened? With me and Tay, I kinda dropped the ball on a feature he needed me to do, just being 100% honest. I really wanted to do a […]

DMX appeared on Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers yesterday afternoon. He spoke on his troubled past and disciplining his 10 kids. Yes, 10. He also mentored an at risk teenager and then gave a performance of his new record, “Keep Your Head Up”. Sidebar: Mark Morrison x DMX “I Don’t Want 2 Die”

Nip held an signing for his recent mixtape, Tha Marathon Continues at a T-Mobile store in his South Central hometown. DJ Skee, what up?! Make your iPod proud and download it here. 57th ave

Closing out the day of Heavy D tributes is Shade 45’s DJ Wonder. Check out the tracklist and download below.

R.Kelly announced two years ago that he was working on his autobiography. And with the help of David Ritz, here’s the cover of his memoir, Soula Coaster:The Diary Of Me. According to Indigo, the book drops next week, November 15th. Sure to be a best seller. fsd

Third time’s the charm? Stay tuned.

Marley Marl took to the wheels of steel this afternoon on NY’s 107.5 WBLS for his own Heavy D tribute. Here’s what he had to say via his soundcloud page. Yesterday i was informed of the untimely passing of my long time Friend and Artist that I made Major HIP HOP History with Dwight Meyers aka “Heavy D”. I am devastated by the horrible news. Dwight Meyers aka “Heavy D” was one the nicest people you would ever wanna know […]

Yelawolf mixes up the medicine once again on the cover art of his debut LP, Radioactive. Album in stores November 21st. Hallerache! “I needed to add some important finishing touches to the album which resulted in the new release date,” said Yelawolf.  “I have some surprises in store for the fans that have to be seen before the album comes out. It’s definitely worth the wait.” UPDATE: Official tracklist via hhnm. 1. Radioactive (Intro) 2. Get Away (Feat. Shawty Fatt & […]

In the wake of Heavy D’s passing yesterday, Mister Cee dedicated his Throwback at Noon on Hot 97 to The Overweight Lover. Fellas grab ya girl and listen up.

After the show, it’s the after party? Nope, it’s overtime. The Throne had 10 minutes to spare before the Madison Square kicked in their overage fee last night, so Jay and Kanye performed some of their fan favorites like “Blow The Whistle”,  “Lucifer”, “Get Em High”, and a 16 second speed through of “Dead Presidents” . Classic shit, ya feel me?!